Standard Time, Trio HLK and Evelyn Glennie (CD)

Trio HLK CD

Trio HLK’s debut album, ‘Standard Time,’ approaches the familiar in sophisticated and surprising ways. The Jazz standards ‘become the seeds for entirely new pieces’ (Bandcamp). Here, Dame Evelyn’s percussion playing complements the virtuosic skills of Rich Kass on drums, Richard Harrold on Piano and Ant Law on guitar – a trio who have consistently wowed 2018’s festival audiences. Released: May 11, Ubuntu Music.

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Listen on Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.co.uk/albums/B07B6L15LR
Listen on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/standard-time-feat-rich-harrold-ant-law-richard-kass/1364713227

 

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Trio HLK and Evelyn Glennie CD

CD/Album review by Adrian Pallant: London Jazz News A markedly atypical debut trio album with a disciplined and almost industrial approach to rhythm, Trio HLK’s Standard Time declares a mission to ‘deconstruct classic tunes and rework them using contemporary classical compositional techniques’. The acronym stems from the surnames of pianist/keyboardist Richard Harrold, 8-string guitarist Ant Law and drummer Richard Kass; … Read More

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Trio HLK and Evelyn Glennie CD

Trio HLK with Steve Lehman and Dame Evelyn Glennie – ‘Standard Time’ album. CD review by Adrian Pallant: London Jazz News A markedly atypical debut trio album with a disciplined and almost industrial approach to rhythm, Trio HLK’s Standard Time declares a mission to ‘deconstruct classic tunes and rework them using contemporary classical compositional techniques’. The acronym stems from the … Read More

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Trio HLK with Evelyn Glennie

Pioneering solo percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie joins Trio HLK, a group of the UK’s most creative musicians. This Scottish improvising ensemble’s interpretations of jazz standards are at times shimmering and cerebral, at others thunderous, intricate and harmonic with a veritable battery of percussion played by the incomparable Evelyn Glennie.

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Pioneering solo percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie plays with Trio HLK. The Scottish improvising ensemble comprises Richard Harrold (piano and composer), Ant Law (guitar) and Richard Kass (drums). Their music pulls apart jazz standards into fragments that are at times shimmering and cerebral, at others thunderous and visceral. Intricate and harmonious rhythms meet with a veritable battery of percussion instruments played … Read More

Trio HLK and Evelyn Glennie

Pioneering solo percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie plays with Trio HLK. The Scottish improvising ensemble comprises Richard Harrold (piano and composer), Ant Law (guitar) and Richard Kass (drums). Their music pulls apart jazz standards into fragments that are at times shimmering and cerebral, at others thunderous and visceral. Intricate and harmonious rhythms meet with a veritable battery of percussion instruments played … Read More

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Pioneering solo percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie plays with Trio HLK. The Scottish improvising ensemble comprises Richard Harrold (piano and composer), Ant Law (guitar) and Richard Kass (drums). Their music pulls apart jazz standards into fragments that are at times shimmering and cerebral, at others thunderous and visceral. Intricate and harmonious rhythms meet with a veritable battery of percussion instruments played … Read More